Item #138 Trahediia Mykoly Khvylovoho [The Tragedy of Mykola Khvylovy]. Pavel Yosypovych Petrenko, pseudonym: O. Han.

Trahediia Mykoly Khvylovoho [The Tragedy of Mykola Khvylovy]

[Novyi-Ulm]: Prometei, [1948]. Original pictorial wrappers. Fair condition. Item #138

Octavo (15 x 21 cm), 77 pages, in Ukrainian. The front wrapper shows tearing and chipping, while the back wrapper has light soil. The spine has light wear.

This book is a significant early and detailed study of Mykola Khvylovy (1893-1933), a celebrated Ukrainian writer and a key literary figure during the 1917 October Revolution. Born in Trostianets, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, Khvylovy spent time in Berlin, Vienna, and Paris between 1927 and 1928 before returning to Ukraine. He faced severe restrictions in his literary career, being banned from many literary organizations and barred from writing for several journals. During the terror and famine of 1932 and 1933 in Ukraine, Khvylovy tragically took his own life.

The book's author, literary scholar Pavel Yosypovych Petrenko (1903-1982), was a close friend of Khvylovy. He managed to flee Ukraine during World War II. Writing under the pseudonym O. Han, Petrenko published this work while residing in a German displaced persons (DP) camp in 1948.

Price: $200.00